Bill:
Four to five days to get a car from the Port of Newark to Princeton, NJ? Holy Sh**! I was hoping that my MINI would unload on 2/10 (Friday) and be at the dealer 2/13 (Monday). Since I am only having a sportlink installed, I was really hoping to pick her up around 2/15 at the latest. I'm really getting antsy! :impatient
Glad to hear that you made it safely to Princeton.

 

Did anyone who checked Booking Number GBSOU393988 get a list of the VIN's which made it? If so, can you check to see if VIN WMWRE335X6TL20870 got on?

 

As of 1:36 P.M EST, here is the result:
WMWRE335X6TL20870 RECEIVED AT TERMINAL SOUTHAMPTON 31/01/2006 04:27 8E01755J PRIOR GN03 SVD

Hopefully, Integrity is still loading.

 

. . .oh SweetTea sorry . . . looks like you didn't make it - you're still a "r.a.t." (received at terminal)

 

. . . if you're not on Integrity now you've missed the boat. Port Radar has her movin' out on schedule.

 

Especially since I wasn't wait listed. But oh well. I've waited this long, what's a few more days? :-)

 

oh no SweetTea! Thats so disappointing! When were you released to the carrier??

Bluezke - Yes! I am loaded on Integrity.

sambusik - I'm not that shocked that one of us is on a non WW ship. I posted early in the thread that a friend of mine who bought one of the first 06s wasn't on a WW ship so he couldnt track his. I'll see if he was on the Franconia.. maybe he has some links for a better way to track it.

 

Hey bluzeke, did you notice that after the stop in NYC the Integrity continues on to Baltimore... You suppose they would wait to drop our cars off then?

 

saakey . . . The Integrity pictured above is not our baby - that's a Great Lakes hauler of the same name. I haven't been able to come up with a good stock shot of our ship. As stated here earlier, all east coast MINI's are offloaded either in NYC (Jersey actually) or Charleston as these ports are where MINI has vehicle prep shops. BTY, Southampton Port radar shows Integrity about to clear the Isle of Wight and head into the great KNOWN! Oh how I've waited for this moment - even though I'm now left with little to wonder about anymore. :impatient

 

Man you guyz are NUTZ!!! I work for BMW and I still don't know what boat my car is on?!?!?? But I do know that its on the 20th boat.......by month end I should be back in DA MINI!!!

Having sold my last car in Dec and having to drive a Honda makes me appreciate the RATTLES........the wait is killn me.

 

I was released to the carrier on 1/31. Have no idea what is going on.

Even more frustrating is that I cannot get on to the WW site (still "Server Down") to just see for myself. Ah well. It's a beautiful Saturday, must head out and enjoy it!

Congratulations to everyone who made it on the Integrity! Here's to a safe voyage! :-)

 

WMWRE33506TL20599LOADED ON VESSELSOUTHAMPTON04/02/2006 10:18

 

Southampton Port radar is showing the last tracks of Integrity - she's gettin' on now. Probably no more word or "sight" of her for a day or two now before she shows up on the sailwx.info site.

Might just be time to pop the ol' cork on that bottle I've been saving!

 

Hong . . . over on the Prod. Wk. 5 thread found a good shot of the INTEGRITY. Now if someone could just create an animation of it plodding through the water, I could use it as a screensaver for the next 8 days!

 

. . .oops . . forgot the link . . .

http://www.ship-photo.de/modules/mya...o.php?lid=9194

 

Booking number for the Don Pasquale from the Production Week 5 thread: SESTO399047

 

In case the map doesn't show up
http://aisfree.aislive.com/Influx.as...over%20Straits
Can you spot it?:impatient

 

well, i am 100% relieved to hear that i am wrong on that one.

 

Just wondering who is left for me to commiserate with. :-)

Looks like the next WW Southampton -> Charleston vessel is Freedom.

 

Hong . . . this site is a great find . . . I can stare at this all night now watching my ship, the Integrity head for the open sea - man, this is some rockin' Sat. nite! . . . must walk away from computer now, must walk . . . must . . .

 

you can't walk away now...just look, it's moving across the sea...

 

David, you have to upload some pics when you get Bluzeke. I stayed up nights thinking about Tartan Red + Black with the SB/S, but eventually went with the cloth. I haven't been disappointed, but I think yours is going to really look great!

 

So the crossing portion of the trip comes down to following a series of red dots over the ocean as the ship plods along. Funny thing.......is that every time a new dot shows up on the map it renews my happiness.

 

Thanks!! My MINI is safely at the Princeton dealer's warehouse - arrived Friday morning making it five days to get to dealership from the time it rolled off the boat last Sunday morning in Newark / Elizabeth harbor.

The wait continues... My MA said that the car won't be ready until next Thursday or Friday - almost another week, but since I won't be able to pick it up until Saturday morning it WILL be another week. I am having JCW suspension, OEM alarm, and a bunch of other dealer options installed so I was counting on an additional couple days at least.

You know what the funny thing is ??? I just got by email my "new owner's survey" (the one where I am supposed to give nothing but "high fives"...) with the notation that "don't worry - if you don't respond we will call you by phone..." My wife thinks I should respond right now and mark everything "N/A" or "I don't know"......

Bill

ps I did a road trip yesterday down to one of the only two sources for Zaino products in New Jersey (a dealer on Route 9 in Howell) and got a full set of Zaino goods. Hoping the weather cooperates next weekend.....

 

Thanks! Obviously I agree! I will put some shots up hopefully by the end of the month. I'd only seen this interior combo in my mind and ordered it sight unseen - hoping it not to be a mistake. Shortly afterward a Chili Red car appeared at my dealership with this interior combo and I left feeling totally comfortable with my choice. And I've got a couple additional interior cosmetic mods planned that I think will tie it together just a little more. I find theSpace Blue to be somewhat understated, rather like the greys, so I think having the red seats kind of smoldering inside should be fun.